JEROME — Personal use fuel wood permits for the Sawtooth National Forest will go on sale May 14 for the Fairfield and Ketchum Ranger Districts and the Sawtooth National Recreation Area. Permits will ...

To cut enough wood to keep a house warm for the winter, you’ll need to know your way around a chain saw. By Malia Wollan “Worst-case scenario, the tree ends up falling on you, and you end up dying,” ...

Few methods of home heating are as iconic and rewarding as burning wood—especially if you cut and split it yourself. The hard physical work of splitting firewood is missing from most other heating ...

How to chop logs like a lumberjack. Excerpted from The Wicked Good Book: A Guide to Maine Living, By Stephen Gleasner, illustrated by Patrick Corrigan, Down East Books, Camden, Maine; hardcover; 120 ...

WITH THE RECENT spell of rainy weather, firewood fever has hit the land. It’s time to cut firewood for the winter so it will have a chance to dry before you burn it. Burning wet wood is a good way to ...